Twenty-two new decapod species records, nine new generic
records, and two new familial records are reported for the Hawaiian Islands.
Most represent widely distributed Pacific or Indo-Pacific species, though one is
an ...

Myricafaya forms a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in which fixation
takes place in specialized root nodules. The biomass of these nodules was greater
in open-grown than shaded individuals of Myricafaya, and was greater in ...

Mangroves, absent from many small, "low" islands and from
most of Polynesia, do not cover large areas on Pacific islands, and show rapid
decrease in species diversity and stature across the Pacific. Preliminary data
indicate ...

Portulaca molokiniensis is a distinctive new species from the arid
islands of Molokini and Kaho'olawe. It is clearly distinguishable from its closest
relative, Portulaca lutea , by its spinose seeds, extended peduncle-like ...

During June 17-28, 1982, we carried on experiments to generate
photosynthesis-irradiance curves for phytoplankton from five locations of the
central and northern Gulf of California. Using natural sunlight, on board ...

Two species of fruit bats are known from Guam in the southern
Mariana Islands. Pteropus mariannus mariannus has declined greatly in abundance
since the early 1900s. Its numbers decreased from an estimated 3,000
animals ...

Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus) is the senior synonym of A.
glaucopareius Cuvier. The wide-ranging, Indo-Pacific surgeonfish with a dark
stripe on the shoulder region that many authors have identified as A. nigricans
is ...

The Tropical Pacific Ocean experienced "El Nino" in 1982-83.
The event was marked by increased water temperatures in the Eastern Pacific
and, near shore in Southern California, the appearance of nekton normally
found ...

The powerful 15 May 198I eruption and frequent subsequent
activity of Mt.Pagan have led to the formation of an extensive summit fumarole
field. An exhaustive search using a portable gas "sniffer" failed to detect ...